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Can you hear your body speaking to you? It’s happening, RIGHT NOW. Many of us do not have a good relationship with our bodies because we don’t stop and listen to it until it starts screaming at us. It’s impossible to realize how amazing your body truly is unless you stop and take the time…

You know that feeling when you reach your travel destination after a long flight and you just feel like crap? It almost feels like there’s no way to avoid it. Here at Sweet Freedom we recognize the difficulties of being healthy while we travel. From airplane food packed with sugar, salt and additives to feeling…

The sugar found on our kids’ plates is no longer just a nutritional issue but a behavioral and mental/emotional one as well. What we fill our children’s bodies with affects how they think, how they feel, how they behave… it affects who they are. No one wants to be the bad guy and so often…

You can only ignore the effects of sugar for so long. Eventually they will show up. Dr. Nancy Appleton refers to 146 conditions and diseases that are directly connected to sugar. Of the 6,000 grocery items available to us in the modern food marketplace, 80% of them have sugar in them, so it can seem…

Giving up sugar means stepping into a more powerful you. Before this more powerful you is unveiled, however, there can be some nasty and sometimes traumatic withdrawal symptoms. From withdrawal shakes, migraines and off the chart cravings, it’s no wonder why addressing sugar addiction can be quite daunting. Getting off of sugar doesn’t HAVE to…

If you’ve ever experienced a sugar hangover then you know first hand what the immediate impacts of sugar are on your body. Long term, the negative effects of overconsumption of sugar compound to create a body susceptible to chronic disease, cancers, lowered immunity and depressed demeanor. If you’re already a part of the Sweet Freedom…

Have you ever heard someone say, “I don’t have a problem with sugar, I’ve never been much of a sweets person but I can’t seem to lose this extra weight”? Sugar addiction doesn’t have to look like the person who binges on cookies, cupcakes and ice cream. Sugar is everywhere even if it doesn’t show…

The consumption concept is key to understanding how we should be eating grains. Take wheat for example, the wheat grain that we eat is found inside a husk. So how much would we actually eat in nature? Without removing the outer husk, the wheat plant itself is inedible.From an evolutionary perspective, it is extremely beneficial…

Water: two hydrogen atoms bonded with an oxygen atom. Sounds simple but it’s the reason that we all exist. The health and wellness industry tends to complicate the effortless simplicity of water so the Sweet Freedom perspective is here to filter out the confusion. Humans can go without food for over two weeks if they’re…

Some people may scoff at the age old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. The nutrient status of the apple is being underestimated. Here at Sweet Freedom, we stand by that motto and here’s why: There is good reason for people to doubt the healing quality of apples, especially if they’re sourced…

We all know that late-night-craving feeling. You’re sitting on the couch, dinner has come and past and now you’re thinking you need a little something. You’re not sure what exactly but you wander over to the refrigerator, open it up, and satiate the late night craving with anything you can find. What you may not…

Coconut oil has recently come under fire in the press after receiving an immense amount of praise from the health food community. The claims made around coconut oil are extensive and range from topical beauty uses to dietary weight loss claims. So why has coconut oil recently been deemed evil? As you know, here at…

If you thought it was difficult to navigate the world of processed sugar as a consumer, go ahead and add processed salts to the confusion. Don’t fear however, Sweet Freedom is here to clarify what it all means and get you to a place of empowerment when it comes to using a good salt. Let’s…

The Sweet Freedom approach to great skin is not focused on solely appealing to one’s vanity. It is, however, about realizing the impact that sugar can have on your skin. There are so many people who struggle with constantly trying to have clear and vibrant skin. Most often, these people will go to dermatologists and…

It’s that time of year and that means you should start defending yourself against the dark arts of the common cold or if you’re currently in the throws of it, get your body naturally more resilient to the symptoms. Most people think that germs are solely responsible for giving you the common cold and while…

How many times have you heard, “Sugar is sugar – there is no difference in the way it affects your body” This is not only a classic argument that the big sugar industry uses but it also attempts to bring all forms of sugar to one level playing field. Letting this argument go unexamined is…

Chocolate, the food of the Gods. No matter your religious affiliation or non-affiliation, most would agree. With so much literature coming out highlighting all of the health benefits about chocolate, it’s hard to question whether or not that candy bar in the checkout line is really bad for you. In nature, chocolate is found naturally…

So you and a friend go out to eat and when it comes time to explore the dessert menu, your friend turns to you and says, “No thanks, I’ve given up sugar.” A slew of questions immediately runs through your head, “How has she been doing it? Does she feel different? Should I give up…

The health drink craze is one of the most deceptive and confusing things to navigate as a consumer. The marketing is done so well that companies have been able to mask sugar loaded drinks as healthy on-the-go options. Vitaminwater has people thinking that they’re getting a daily dose of nutritional vitamins just based off of…

How many times have you gone into a social situation and been pressured to give in to that food or substance that you swore you didn’t want to eat or ingest anymore. It is far easier to give in to the temptation of chocolate cake and red wine when you’re surrounded by the people you…

With the confusing marketing tactics of the big sugar industry, it is extremely difficult to determine the facts about sugar. What we’re told in media advertisements backed by big money is that refined sugar is all natural. Big industry usually always fall back to the argument of “sugar is sugar” and that’s the only way…

In the throws of sugar addiction, there is a constant bombardment of high sugar content on your palate. This means that we become numb to the actual sweetness of the food we’re consuming. This is not only dangerous for our bodies but for our minds as well. It may seem difficult to tear yourself away…

Imagine you’re looking to make a huge change in your life by ending your sugar addiction. You’ve decided that you’re going to hire a nutritionist to help you with the change and you really want a meal plan to keep you on track and full of ideas for good foods to eat. This seems like…

There are so many people that supplement sugar addiction with caffeine addiction. Take a frappuccino, for example. With 66 grams of sugar and a jolt of caffeine, you’ve got a recipe for feeding both your sugar and caffeine addictions while sending your blood sugar through the roof, only to experience an inevitable crash later on.…

Milk. Not too many other nutrition topics have as much controversy surrounding them as this one. With massive amounts of money poured into the dairy industry each year, the socially accepted norm is that milk is a good source of calcium. From Got Milk? ads, to artificially flavored milks targeted at children, the push to…

When it comes to sugar, the concept of slavery is inevitably intertwined. Sugar, as a product, contributed to the slave trade of the past and today, the presence of sugar in many people’s lives is keeping them in metaphorical chains. As Jeff O’Connell said in Sugar Nation, “Sugar gave rise to the slave trade, now…

When it comes to getting health advice, it’s all about quality information and thinking critically about what is being delivered to you. If you haven’t studied nutrition, it is extremely easy to get caught up in the word of those with credentials that come after their names. When we see the abbreviation, M.D. at the…

Fear is truly an amazing concept. It keeps us alive but it also holds us back. When our ancestors were forced to hunt wild animals, they were forced to either listen to their fear and run away or decided that the meal would be well worth the danger and they would attack. So what happens…

Candida albicans is a type of yeast that is present in everyone. It lives in our gut and on our skin. Under normal circumstances, the yeast is kept in check by the friendly bacteria that lives in our gut. As our diets become highly processed and we increase our consumption of sugar and artificial sweeteners,…

In the process of addressing an addiction, it is not uncommon for people to swap out the substance for another in hopes of transitioning to being addicted to a lesser evil. For example, someone giving up alcohol, may turn to sugar. The whole premise behind swapping addictions is that it becomes easier to deal with…